HyperDic: christmas_flower

English > 1 sense of the expression Christmas flower:
NOUNplantChristmas flower, poinsettia, Christmas star, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrimatropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
English > Christmas flower: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.
Synonymspoinsettia, Christmas star, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima
Member ofEuphorbia, genus Euphorbiatype genus of the Euphorbiaceae
BroaderspurgeAny of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia
Spanishpoinsetia
Catalanponsètia

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